DuPont and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (“Yingli China”) have signed a $100 million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar power.

3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis, today announced that Matthew Hendrickson has joined the company as its senior director of energy assessment.

The Woodward wind turbines service distribution center joins Siemens other wind power locations in the U.S., including the company’s recently opened distribution warehouse in Wichita, Kansas.

Iberdrola Renewables announced a 20-year contract to sell 100 MW from its Manzana Wind Power Project, a wind farm currently under construction near Rosamond, Calif., in the wind-rich Tehachapi region.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) today announced that it has entered into two, long-term contracts to purchase 300 megawatts (MW) of wind power for its rapidly expanding portfolio of emissions free power.

“The broad base of support for wind energy positions us well to get the PTC extended at the next possible opportunity.

Together with Platina Partner LLP (?Platina?), Arise acquired wind energy company Jädraås Vindkraft AB (?JVAB?), with a permit for the construction of up to 116 wind turbines.

El Totoral Wind Farm was to maximise local socio-economic benefit whilst minimising environmental impacts.

A wind farm on a floating platform is the most viable option for Malta as it can exploit wind power from whichever direction the wind is blowing at the time.

Siemens has installed wind turbines with a combined wind farm capacity of more than 5700 MW in the U.S., enough to supply power to more than 1.7 million homes.

The Amherst wind farm is a 31.5 Megawatt facility that will provide almost 100 GWh of renewable energy for Nova Scotia residents on an annual basis.

2011 was a record year both for Intersolar Europe and the international solar energy industry, with the expansion of newly-installed photovoltaic capacity reaching a new high.

In 2011, two major solar power projects were given the green light to proceed through the funding program: the Moree solar photovoltaic (PV) project and the Solar Dawn concentrating solar power project.

Japanese trading house Marubeni is planning to build a floating wind energy plant off the Japanese coast.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda inaugurated a new solar energy research facility that will eventually enable Uzbekistan to become an international knowledge hub and solar power technology exporter.

In 2007, the Board approved the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-financed solar-thermal El-Kureimat power project – recently fully commissioned — which included the first concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Egypt.

Clean Wind Energy Tower Inc., announced in a press release the Notice of Allowance of its patent application titled Efficient Energy Conversion Devices & Methods.

The installation of wind turbines in Italy progresses. In the wind farm sector are companies such as Vestas, Gamesa, Enercon and Nordex.

Concentrated solar thermal power projects are expected to come online later in 2012 with a surge in 2013. More than 1000 MW of concentrating solar power are under construction.